Bellefonte, Pa., April 11, 1919.
France to Insist on German Lumber.
“Germany will find that France will
insist upon Germany’s paying in
lumber for the casualties of the
French forests which were destroyed
during the war,” declares P. S. Rids-
dale, secretary of the American For-
estry association, who has just return-
ed from a tour of the Allied countries.
Mr. Ridsdale went to Europe to inves-
tigate forest losses in France, Bel-
gium, Italy and Great Britain, so that
the American Forestry Association
might determine how America could
help to replace the destroyed forests
of Europe by presenting forest seed
to the various governments.
“In northern France many of the
forests” he says: “have been so badly
smashed by shell, shrapnel and
rifle five,” or so’ badly cut for
trench timbers, fuel wood and
other supplies for the army that
they have been virtually destroy-
ed. They can be restored only by re-
planting. The agricultural land lying
between the forests in various sectors
of the battle front has been so torn to
pieces by shell fire that it is no longer
serviceable for agriculture and, like
the devastated forests will have to be
planted with forest tree seed, so that
in years to come the shell holes may
be filled by gradual erosion and the
humus of the soil restored. Then the
replanted forests may be cut down and
the land worked over and restored
for agricultural use.
“The peace delegates are now hav-
ing prepared data upon the losses in
the French forests: and France means
to insist upon a large amount of cut-
ting in the German forests so that she
may be provided with lumber for re-
construction purposes as a part of the
indemnity which Germany will be re-
quired to pay for the damages which
have been afflicted.
“Italy, Belgium and Great Britian
will make similar requests, for they
too have suffered forest losses and
they, too, need lumber in large quanti-
ties and believe that Germany should
supply it to the extent of her ability.”
Mr. Ridsdale expects that the Amer-
ican Forestry Association, by secur-
ing large quantities of forest tree
seed next fall, will be able materially
to assist America’s European Allies
in restoring their forests.—Ex.
Winter Mildest Since 1889, Bumper
Crops to be Result.
There was more sunshine and less
snow throughout most of the United
States during the winter just passed
than ever before in the memory of the
present generation. In only one sec-
tion of the country—the plateau re-
gion—was the weather severe, and
there low temperature records were
established. Snow falling in Novem-
ber in the plateau region remained
throughout the winter.
Everywhere else reports to the
Weather Bureau made available on
Tuesday, show precipitation was so
light and the temperature so high that
snow stayed on the ground in only a
few isolated instances more than a
day or two.
During the past winter the combi-
nation of light snow precipitation and
high temperatures have resulted in
the rapid and sturdy growth of grain.
Continued good weather recently
has been helpful, especialy to fruit
bearing plants and trees and a bumper
crop is promisd. Grazing lands like-
wise have been benefited.
The ice crop appears to have been
the only one to suffer because of the
mildness of the winter, and experts of
the Weather Bureau said on Tuesday
that there was bound to be a consider-
able shortage of natural ice for con-
sumers during the coming summer.
Despite the warmth of the winter
that of 1875—76 was considerably
warmer as was the winter of 1877-78
The winter of 1881—=82 was about like
that just passed and in 1889—90 it
was considerably warmer in the sec-
tion east of the Mississippi River.
The winter of 1905—06 fell slightly
short of being as mild as that of
1918—19.
The Mirace of Dust. -
Dust is an important factor in
almost every phenomenon of the
earth’s atmosphere. It is due to dust
that the heavens are blue. Without
it the heavens would be blacker than
we see them on moonless nights. It
is especially on mountain heights that
the sky is so intensely blue, because
the rarefied atmosphere supports only
the finest particles. Dust plays a
most important role in our atmos-
phere in determining rainfall, due to
the fact that vapor fluidifies upon the
dust particles.
Without dust we would have no fog,
no rain, no snow, no purplish sunset,
no cerulean sky. The surface of the
earth itself, the trees, the houses,
along with man and beast would be
the only objects on which the vapor
could condense, and these would begin
to drip whenever the air was cooled
sufficiently. In winter everything
would be covered with a crust of ice,
our clothes would become saturated
with water condensing upon them.
Umbrellas would be of no avail. In
short, the world we live in would be
it another world if there was no
ust.
What Many Especially Need.
In these days of strain and stress, anxi-
ety and worry, many peope become pale,
nervous, dyspeptic, in a word, all run-
down. Their condition calls especially for
iron—but iron in a form in which it is
pleasant to take, agreeable to the stom-
ach, easily assimilated and non-constipat-
ing. Iron is combined in this form with
nux, celery, pepsin and other tonics and
digestives in Peptiron, a real iron tonic,
which is accomplishing a great deal in re-
storing health and strength, vitality, vigor
and vim.
Iron is indispensable to the perfect nu-
trition of the body. Peptiron supplies it
in therapeutic doses, and in a remorkably
short time seems to make a new and per-
fectly working system out of an old and
broken-down one, enriching the blood,
giving good color to the lips, cheeks and
ears, and brightening the eyes. Peptiron
is a product of the C. I. Hood Co., and is
sold by all druggists. 64-15
THESE TWO MEN
DID NOT HEDGE
—————
Carried Out Contract to Limit,
Disdzining Offers to Escape.
“The war is over; I'm not going to
buy any more Liberty Bonds.”
This is a remark you may have
heard. Many persons are making it
thoughtlessly every day. Maybe you
have said it yourself. If you have,
surely it is because you forgot that
contract you made with those partners
of yours, James Yaeger and IL Berry,
less than two years ago.
What? You never had those men
as partners? First, refresh your mem-
ory a bit in regard to Yaeger. Let's
see, it was in April, 1917, that you
made that agreement with him. The
terms were very favorable to you.
Yaeger was to go in training, brave
submarines, bullets, shells and gas for
an unlimited period, for $30 a month,
to protect you and your family. You
were to remain in comparative com-
fort, only guaranteeing that Yaeger’s
salary and all expenses incident to his
perilous mission should be paid
promptly. At that, you were not ask-
ed to give this money outright—only
to lend it at a good rate of interest.
Now, your other partner, Berry.
Perhaps you have forgotten him, too.
He was a lieutenant in the Fifth Ma-
chine Gun Battalion. His agreement
with you was the same as Yaeger's—
he was to give his service, even to the
death if required, while you were to
do your part in footing the bills.
How did these two partners of
yours carry out their part of the con-
tract? The War Department’s records
are eloquent on this point.
Yaeger was near Verdun on October
12, 1918, performing his duties in your
behalf. With a few companicns he
was cut off in an exposed position
under heavy gun and artillery fire.
While standing off the foe with his
automatic rifle, he fell severely
wounded. Several hours later the
stretcher bearers found him. “Take
Smith first,” he begged, pointing to
his companion. They did, and re-
turned as quickly as ‘they could.
Yaeger, your partner, was dead. He
had been released from his part in
the contract. But, by the eternal law
of Right and Decency, his death did
not release you!
You have yet to—but wait, let us
see what became of your other part-
ner, Lieutenant Berry.
The first week in October, the rec-
ords tell us, he was in actien near
Montblane, France,
ing his contract to keep you and
your family safe, no matter at what
cost to himself. His commander fell
dead. Berry went to the front line
and “carried on.”
Shortly afterwards a bullet hit him
in the head. The surgeon ordered
him to the hospital. An “evacuation
tag” was placed on his uniform, which
meant that he was out of the fight
and for the time released from his
responsibility to you, his partner.
What did he do? Tore off the tag, de-
stroyed it, and dashed into the front
line! For twenty-four hours he com-
manded the defense, guided his men
back to safety—and died.
Yaeger scorned the chance of re-
lief that the stretcher bearers offered
him.
Berry disdained an “evacuation tag.”
You are the partner of these men.
They kept faith with you to the bitter
end. Their spirits cry to you from
the Great Beyond to fulfill your prom-
ise to them. Their millions of com-
rades—also your partners—whose
lives were saved, ask you: “Do you
seek an easy way out of the battle?
Do you covet an ‘evacuation tag’?
What is your word worth?”
In April you will be asked to carry
out the final part of your stipulation
by subscribing to the Victory Liberty
Loan.
Of course, you will meet your ob-
ligation!
“MISSING IN ACTION”
All through those days of the
growing casualty lists one feature
of the reports was the number
“missing in action.”
Many of these victims were
found to be in German prisons.
Some had been wounded. Some,
overcome by weight of numbers,
had been taken prisoners out-
right. Many were more dead than
alive.
A lot of folks here at home have
been “missing in action” without
having done anything at all.
Simply laid down their arms and
surrendered without firing a shot.
None of us can afford to be in
that list.
Every one of us can be on the
list of “those present” instead of
“missing in action,” if we do our
share in the Victory Liberty Loan.
faithfully pursu-
| Liberty Loan Levity
—
Ang
Bill lived for one thing—just to spend.
Couldn’t even spare money to lend,
Save? Bill couldn’t do it.
And he—Well, you knew it,
He died poor and early.—The End.
EDISON'S VOICE IN RECORDS
Inventor of Phonograph, for the First
Time, Makes Short Speech Which
Will Be Preserved.
Thomas A. Edison, who invented the
phonograph 42 years ago, has for the
first time consented to have his own
voice recorded on a phonograph rec-
ord. The reproduction, which is on
the back of a record containing the
national anthems of our allies, was
heard recently for the first time in the
Edison laboratory at Orange, N. J.
Mr. Edison celebrated his 72nd birth-
day on February 11. The talk, which
is Mr. Edison’s first comment about
the war since America entered the
fight, follows:
“Our boys made good in France.
The word ‘American’ has a new mean-
ing in Europe. Our soldiers have mage
it mean courage, generosity, self-
restraint and modesty. We are proud
of the North Americans who risked
their lives for the liberty of the world,
but we must not forget, and we must
not permit demagogues to belittle the
part played by our gallant allies.
Their casualty lists tell the story.
“However proud we may be of our
own achievements, let us remember al-
ways that the war could not have been
won if the Belgians, British, French
and Italians had not fought like bull-
dogs in the face of overwhelming
odds. The great war will live vividly
in the minds of Americans for the
next 100 years. I bkope that when we
do reverence to the memory of our
brave boys who fell in France we
shall not forget their brothers in arms
who wore the uniforms of our allies.
“I believe that the national airs of
France, Great Britain, Italy and Bel-
gium should for all *ime to come be as
familiar to us as our own ‘Star-
Spangled Banner.”
BRIDAL FLOWERS HERE AGAIN
That Orange Blossoms Are in the
Market Is a Sure Harbinger
of World Peace.
One interesting sign of the coming
of peace has been the reappearance of
real orange blossoms at weddings.
During the war they were difficult to
obtain, owing to the fact that they
come as a rule from France. Nearly
all the orange flowers which are used
at smart marriages in London and
Paris are grown in the sheltered val-
leys of the Alps Maritimes behind the
Riviera.
Here there are orchards of orange
trees scattered over the sunny slopes,
ond the local peasantry devote most of
their time to growing the beautiful
flowers. No attempt is made to get
the fruit, seeing that the orange trees
are solely cultivated for the sake of
the glistening blooms.
A large part of the floral crop finds
its way to the perfume factories of
Grasse, but the choicest sprays are
picked for the London and Paris mar-
zets. Orange flowers keep fresh for a
considerable time, and they stand the
journey to England very well, arriving
in perfect condition.—London News.
{angaroo Scored Krneclkout.
“Ned Kelly, the old buck kangaroo,
has heen having a fight with the boss
stag of the axis deer herd,” said Ser-
<eant McGee of the San Francisco
park police, “and it is the first time
1 ever heard of two herbivorous ani-
mals so widely different in species
finding common ground for a quarrel.
“As a matter of fact, it was the
Ned Kelly who was peacefully lol-
loping about with no thought for
trouble, The first butt of the deer
set Ned thinking. the second set him
mad, the third—well, Ned Kelly just
turned about and gave the axis deer
one wallop under the stomach with
its tail. You could hear the smack
five blocks away, and it
knocked the deer flat.
just hopped away as happy as a bird.”
One Thing More.
A pretty
row some writing paper.
important letter te write and mail,
came back for a stamp. “Well, I hope
that’s all she wants to borrow today,”
said the disgruntled neighbor woman
as she slammed the door after the
pretty girl. “She needs a little ‘spit’
to make the stamp adhere,” said the
neighbor woman’s husband “and she’ll
be over after that in a minute.,”—
Arkansas Thomas Cat (Hot Springs,
Ark.).
insurance Against Tuberculosis.
Dr. P. J. Menard outlines in the
Presse Medicale a plan for universal
compulsory insurance against tubercu-
losis, the funds from which would
serve for the fight against tubercu-
tosis. His scheme is something like
compulsory social insurance against
sickness, but the tax or insurance dues
imposed would include all classes of
society, not merely the wage earners.
He protests that the fight against tu-
berculosis should not be left to charity
or private initiative.
Unduly Apprehensive.
“I hepe they'll make some exceptions
in taxing luxuries,” remarked (he plain
person.
“Are you expecting to be hit?”
“I might be. One of the greatest
luxuries I know of is sitting around
the house in my shirt sleeves and read-
ing the paper.”
Wasn’t Impressed.
A pompous gentleman happened to
stray on to the grounds of Lord Blan-
tyre one day, and was ordered off by
the Scotch gamekeeper in language
more forcible than polite.
“Sir,” said the pompous one, “do
you know who I am? I am the Faulds
of Aedgeriff.”
“I dinna care if ye are the Falls o’
Niagara,” said the gamekeeper, “ye’re
goon oot o’ this.”
Making Progress.
He——Aven’t you beginning to care
for me just a little?
She—I really believe I am.
almost listen to your
without laughing.
I can
proposals now
Hon. Oscar D. Stark one day
last week introduced House Bill No.
795, being “An act providing that any
county bridge crossed by any State
Highway shall become a part of such
State Highway and shall be construet-
ed or reconstructed and repaired and
maintained by the State Highway de-
partment. The bill was referred to
the Committee on roads, of which Mr.
Stark is member.
The Director of the Bureau of
Mines in charge of Explosives Regu-
lations has made the following ruling
regarding explosives; All regulations
relating to the purchase, possession,
and use of explosives for reclaiming
of land, stump blasting, ditching and
other agricultural purposes are re-
voked and no further license will be
axis deer that started the trouble.
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does and started butting at poor old !
required.
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The Kind You Have Always
Bought, and which has been
in use for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of
simply
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and has been made under his per-
Titer sonal supervision since its infancy.
vd. Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counte-feits, Imitations and ‘ Just-as-good ?’ are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALways
Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work.
Shoes.
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I PURCHASED SEVENTY PAIRS OF
Men’s Sample Shoes
insizes 574 to7. These shoes were carried
on the road by the salesmen of one of the
very best shoe manufacturers in the United
States. Not one pair of these shoes sold for
less than $10.00, and
Many of them are Worth $12.00
Your Choice for $6
You can have your choice of any pair for
$6.00 if yoru can wear any of these sizes.
This is an opportunity to purchase a
good pair of shoes at the price of a poor pair.
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Ea Opening
We have replenished our ready-to-wear depart-
ments and are showing the Latest Styles from the
Eastern markets, Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats and Suits,
Dolmans and Capes.
New Shirt Waists
We are showiug the nevwet in Blouses. The Col-
larless, Beaded, Braided and Hemstitched. All the
new colors—S an Set, Bisque, French Grey, Flesh, and
White.
New Silks
The newest Silk for Sport Skirts or Suits. The
Jersette Satins—washable, heavy, soft, clinging kind ;
Flesh and White.
Gloves
Silk and Kid Gloves for Easter.
new Spring Shades and Black.
All sizes in the
Sweaters
Sweaters and Sweater Coats—a new assortment of
Slip-on Sweaters and Sweater Coats ; new colors, new
combinations. Also Sleeveless Sweaters.
Rugs, Linoleums and Curtains
We can give you low prices on Floor Coverings and
Rugs in Brussels, Axminsters, Tapestry and Wiltons.
Linoleums in choice patterns.
New Sun fast Draperies.
Shoes! Shoes!
New Shoes for Men.
New Shoes for Women and Misses.
New Shoes for Children.
Come in and see the beautiful things we have for
Easter at the lowest prices.
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